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Approval Addiction: Overcoming Your Need to Please Everyone
Price: $15.63
Description
Bestselling author Joyce Meyer confronts the need for approval that is so evident in todayÂ’s world. So many people these days have an unhealthy need for constant affirmation and are unable to feel good about themselves without it. This can lead to major problems in relationships and may even turn into an addiction. In her latest book, Joyce Meyer provides a release from the need for acceptance from the outside world--an acceptance that is unfulfilling and leads only to disappointment. She provides a supportive voice that understands the effect of insecurity in oneÂ’s life. Her abiding message is that God provides all the security one needs, and through Him one can attain freedom from the approval addiction.
Awesome!!
Date: 2009-06-16 Rating: 10 out of 10
Great book!! This book is practical in nature, while also very real and upfront. She, I think, captivates you, first by backing her information with GOD's word, then sharing her real life experiences. She gives you empowering words to repeat, as often as necessary, to yourself until it is engrained in your mind and spirit. If you don't get any type of help from this book, you should question "do I really want the help". I thank her for allowing GOD to use her testimony in a powerful way.
Bewertungen--Datum 2009-05-13 Rang: 10 von 10In APPROVAL ADDICTION, Joyce Meyer explains that we have an epidemic of insecurity in our society. She believes that many people suffer from an unhealthy need for constant affirmation. Those who are insecure experience problems in their relations with friends and loved ones. For some, looking for approval becomes a real addiction as they have to seek self-worth from the world because they can't find it within themselves or around those they love.
Ms. Meyer has personal experience with feeling insecure. She searched for approval from others herself and understands rejection and low self-esteem. Eventually, Ms. Meyer learned that true security comes from God.
APPROVAL ADDICTION has chapters addressing:
. Facing fear and finding freedom
. Knowing who you are
. Loving yourself
. Pressing past anger and unforgiveness
Plus much more
APPROVAL ADDICTION addresses a much needed issue in today's world. You meet insecure people everywhere you go, and the way they relate to you--or you react to them--can make or break a relationship. I have met people I've been terrified of simply because of who they are--like school teachers, editors, or others in positions of control. By reading this book, I hope that I will be able to face these people as my equals and not as someone to be scared of.
My husband, a pastor, has asked to read this book when I finish, because he feels that it will be essential reading for him as he counsels others who may feel insecure. I recommend APPROVAL ADDICTION to anyone who feels even a little insecure (as I do), to those who can't function without constant affirmation, as well as counselors who try to help people. $22.95 (hard cover). 240 pages.
A MUST Read...Datum 2009-05-02 Rang: 10 von 10...for anyone who has ever put themselves in the position of being a doormat in order to try making or keeping everyone ELSE "happy!" I'm thrilled that I've finally discovered why I was always completely frazzled, and even more thrilled that Joyce Meyer's book is helping to teach me how to battle my "Approval Addiction!" OUTSTANDING book!!!Christian overtonesDatum 2009-04-06 Rang: 4 von 10I tried this book because I suffer from the symptoms mentioned on the cover. I don't like to review books I haven't finished. In this case, I would like to warn other nonreligious readers that this book has overwhelming Christian overtones.
The book is inspiring and has good messages and advice but the author quotes from scripture two or three times a paragraph. If you are non-Christian and/or a non-Bible reader it will be very hard to identify with the author.
The book does indicate a Christian approach if you read the back cover and I am not opposed to theology in my reading. I just did not expect it to be so intense and dominating that I could not finish the book.Some flaws to Ms Meyer's ChristianityDatum 2009-03-22 Rang: 6 von 10Like Martin Luther, Ms Meyer seems to totally ignore the Book of James. I think it is because the Apostle contradicts much of what she believes. My prime example, is pg. 5 in Meyer's book; All emphasis is hers.
"We believe and God works. Our work--the work of the believer--is simply to believe. Remember we are accepted because of our faith, not our good works. Christians are referred to as believers. If our job were to achieve, we would be called achievers, not believers. We often want to place an emphasis on we do, but our focus should be on what God has done for us in Jesus Christ. We can concentrate on our sin and be miserable, or we can concentrate on God's forgiveness and mercy and be happy."
Unfortunately James Chapter 2, verse 20 says "..that faith without works is dead".
Allot of what the Approval Addiction is nice, and Ms Meyer does do a good job of explaining scripture well but this severe oversight really bothered me and tarnished my appreciation for what she had to say. I forever had to remind myself of James 2:20 to make sure I was listening to the Holy Book and not Ms. Meyer's "version" of it. (Emphasis mine).
Produkt InformationAutor:
Joyce Meyer
Creators:
Warner Books (Editor)
None (Illustrator)
Recording label: FaithWords Hersteller: FaithWordsEAN: 9780446577724Format: HardcoverDewey decimal number: 248.4ISBN: 0446577723Artikelzahl: 1Seitenzahl: 272Erscheinungsdatum: 2005-04-05Erscheinungdatum: 2005-04-05Sprache: English (Original Language)
Sprache: English (Unknown)
Sprache: English (Published)
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